DHL: Beware of fake delivery notifications

Consumer advocates warn against fake delivery notifications that allegedly come from DHL and that are currently arriving in mailboxes in the form of emails. In the fake emails, the recipients are asked to pay the outstanding delivery costs of 3 euros for a package. The package can only be delivered once the delivery costs have been paid. The email also claims to be a reminder, giving the impression that the recipient must have already received a similar notice.

At the end of the email there is a link that the recipient should click to confirm the payment. On this linked website, the recipients are supposed to enter payment data such as credit card numbers. These then end up in the shirts of the cyber gangsters. This alleged DHL mail is therefore a classic phishing mail. You can easily see this if you move the mouse pointer over the sender address and then see what it really is. The link also leads to a dubious website. You can see this if you move the mouse pointer over it without clicking,

Delete the mail without clicking anything.

Here DHL has put together tips on how to tell a fake DHL mail from a real one.

Here is an overview of the most important phishing emails of the last few months: